Synopsis
The Retrieval (2013) — a Civil War-era drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Chris Eska. Will (Ashton Sanders), a thirteen-year-old Black boy, survives by working for a white bounty hunter gang — luring fugitive slaves close enough to be taken back south.
His next assignment sends him north to find a man named Nate (Tishuan Scott), earn his trust, and bring him back. The job goes as planned until it doesn't. Somewhere on the road, the transaction starts to feel like something Nate won't let stay transactional.
Eska shoots with wide, still landscapes and very little score — the tension lives in faces and silences rather than set pieces. For a film set against one of the most violent periods in American history, it's startlingly quiet. Stream The Retrieval online on iFILM.
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